Age 32
Female
Everywhere I'm not - deep, huh?
Seen May 24th, 2011
Posted March 2nd, 2011
165 posts
18 Years
Author's Note:
This is my latest story that I have been working on for a long time now. When I first strated writing this, PMD hadn't even been released in America. So as a result, virtually NOTHING in this story matches with the games aside from missions being held and there being rescue teams.
Mainly all the main characters in this story are my friends from PE2K. There might be a chance where I include members from other forum sites in the story but so far only PE2K members are in this.
My story also starts off pretty crappy at the beginning but don't worry. It will DEFINATLY get better as it goes on.
And finally, I'm posting this story here because I would like more crits on it. I would like to here what people outside of PE2K think of my story.
Also, I have made myself the main character so if you have issues with that then don't bother reading my story. I've already had problems dealing with people who said my story was a load of crap just becuase I put myself in it.
Oh, and yes, the Pokemon in the banner is my fakemon Meote.

~Thank you for reading the Author's Note~


*banner made by me*
Chapter Identification Colors
Written // Not Up Yet // Being Re-Typed Later // Thinking of Re-Typing // Currently Being Typed Up
*Take note that the dates next to each chapter are the dates that I wrote them. *
*Also take note that the chapters don't really get very good until you hit chapter 4. So be a bit patient okay? It'll be worth it. I promise.*
Chapter Roster
~prologue~ [7-25-06]
Ch.1 ~On the Force~ [7-25-06]

Ch.2 ~The Training Begins: Stealth~ [7-28-06]
Ch.3 ~Hide and Seek Vaporeon Style~ [8-15-06]

Ch.4 ~Sandstorm Desert: Western Sand Dunes of Steel~ (part 1) [8-15-06]
Ch.5 ~Sandstorm Desert: Western Sand Dunes of Steel~ (part 2) [8-18-06]
Ch.6 ~Game Over~ [8-21-06]
Ch.7 ~Remembering~ [8-23-06]
Ch.8 ~Problems~ [8-25-06]
Ch.9 ~The Truth About Henry~ [8-25-06]
Ch.10 ~Stealth, Second Try: Failure is no longer an option~ [9-5-06]
Ch.11 ~Stealth Training…..Battle in Oakwood!?~ [9-11-06]
Ch.12 ~Rules of Combat~ [9-19-06]
Ch.13 ~A Bitter Freezing Start~ [9-19-06]
Ch.14 ~Mt. Hardstone: Not As Hard As I Thought~ [9-28-06]
Ch.15 ~Back in Vista town: Team Honoo Reports!~[10-10-06]

*Title and banner changed from PMD: RM's Rescue Team to PMD: Team 9 Lives to the Rescue!* [10-12-06]
Ch.16 ~The Discussion~ [10-19-06]
Ch.17 ~Gathering of the Teams: Oh Boy, There’s A Lot Of’em~ [11-6-06]
Ch.18 ~The Electrical Storm of the Earth Arrives~ [11-20-06]
Ch.19 ~Training Coming to an End~ [12-7-06]
Ch.20 ~Battle For the Badge~ (Part 1) [12-12-06]
Ch.21 ~Battle For the Badge~ (Part 2) [12-30-06]
Ch.22 ~Team 9 Lives is Born!~ [1-2-07]
Ch.23 ~Katori and the Electrical Orb of the State~ [1-16-07]
Ch.24 ~The Orbs Power~ [1-30-07]
Ch.25 ~Arrival at Nya Town: The News about Naru~ [2-12-07]
Ch.26 ~Krad: Past, Present, and Possibly Future~ [3-5-07]
Ch.27 ~The Electric State Mission Gains More Detail~ [3-12-07]
Ch.28 ~Arrival at the Electric State: The Overloading Charge~ [4-4-07]
Ch.29 ~The Orbs Placement: Charge Under Control~ [4-17-07]
Ch.30 ~Kore: The Medical Cat of the State…and the Addition~ [4-30-07]
Ch.31 ~Guard Duty at Soe Heng: Team Luck Draw Informed~ [5-03-07]
Ch.32 ~Ritual: Failure... or Success?~ (Part 1) [5-10-07]
Ch.33 ~Ritual: Failure... or Success?~ (Part 2) [5-22-07]

Ch.34 ~The Seventeen~
Ch.35 ~Team Mayonaka Tsume Reports: One Down~
Ch.36 ~Festival of Evolution: A Blind Fox's Pain~
Ch.37 ~Chorbeeka Massacre~ (Part 1)
Ch.38 ~Chorbeeka Massacre~ (Part 2)
Ch.39 ~Returning of the Teams: Search Over~
Ch.40 ~Rising and Falling~
Ch.41 ~Mission 3: Lan, Zark, Eric~
Ch.42 ~Orbs of Fire and Ice~
Ch.43 ~Rumor~
Ch.44 ~Rank Up: Helping an Idol~
Ch.45 ~C Rank: Team Pin Missle Interigates~
Ch.46 ~Sledge: The Water Works~
Ch.47 ~Escape: Member 'K'~
Ch.48 ~Gusting Quakes~
Ch.49
Ch.50
Ch.51
Ch.52
Ch.53
Ch.54
Ch.55
Ch.56
Ch.57
Ch.58
Ch.59
Ch.60
Ch.61
Ch.62
Ch.63
Ch.64
Ch.65
Ch.66
Ch.67
Ch.68
Ch.69
Ch.70
Ch.71
Ch.72
Ch.73
Ch.74
Ch.75


Special Chapters (S.C's of this color and indented are still being thought up and pondered upon)
~A Shockingly Wicked Birthday~ [4-9-07]
~Fight Flight~
~The Halo of a Moon is the Horns of my Life~
~Normies~

The Orbs of Creation Log
*This is a log for the OoC. It will list which ones have been seen, the date they were seen, who has them, their location, as well as a short description on what their powers are*
\Total Amount - 17/

*NOTE*: Me telling you each orbs power won't give away spoilers so don't worry. If they were giving away spoilers then I wouldn't have put them up.
**NOTE**: The idea for these orbs is 100% copyrighted to me. I spent my valuable time thinking up what each orb would do so, if you want to use them please ask me first. Thank you.
Seen // Haven't Seen // Location Unknown // Location Known but in No Ones Possetion // In Possetion of Good // In Possetion of Evil
Electric: 1-16-07 In Possetion of Good
-Absorbs mass quantities of electricity / if of Electric type then EOoC won't stop until ALL of your Electricity is gone
Dark:
-Injects holder with dark energy powering them up to extreme levels / results in holder becoming extremely addicted to this orb
Poison:
-Shoots out a barray of highly toxic needles / can easily go out of control / if not of Poison type, exposure to this orb for over five minutes results in skin beginning to burn away as if acid were dripping onto it
Ghost: 5-22-07
- Can bring the dead back to life / results in life span of user being decreased by a year each time it's used / if used in succession life span decreases by two / those brought back to life stay alive for only 24 hours unless brought back by a group of 5-10, then they are brought back to live for another lifetime at the sacrifice of the groups entire life spans / only Chaos has mastered this orb
Psychic:
- Creates barrier around holder that protects them from attacks as well as deflect attacks back to the sender / won't stay up forever
Fire:
- Exerts waves of heat / if not of fire trait or having parts of fire trait in you, then exposure to this heat for more then seven minutes results in death
Ice:
- Exerts waves of freezing cold temperatures / if not of ice trait or having parts of ice trait in you, then exposure to this for more then twenty minutes results in death
Water:
- Gives holder ability to breath under water
Flying:
- Shoots out dangerous gusts of wind / highly uncontrolable
Fighting:
- Increases speed in punches and kicks / muscles at risk of being torn apart from strain of increased speed
Steel:
- Creates an extremely strong shield around holder that cuts off sunlight, sound, and vision / if under this shield for more then an hour, then user is at risk of suffication
Bug:
- Emmits waves that can deflect most side effects of the other orbs as well as sound
Grass:
- Gives user thick, thorn covered vines that they can lash out at their opponents / if user can use Vine Whip then orb gives them ten more vines
Rock:
- Holder can control rocks / orb becomes heavier and heavier the longer it's used
Ground:
- Releases massive earthquake's that can reach over 20 meters below the earth's crust when smashed onto the ground / takes excessive amounts of holder's energy every time it's used
Dragon:
- Increases holder's rage and strength to the maximum of a full grown dragon / results in user most likely attacking friends and partners
Normal:
- Has power to stabalize all the other orbs EXCEPT the Ghost orb / for this orb to work you have to know EVERYTHING about the Normal orb as well as the orb(s) you're using this with
~Prologue~

I, RM have a dream! My dream is to be a great Pokemon rescuer! But first, I kind of need to join the rescue team. So I have traveled all the way from my village to Vista Town.

“Vista Town is defiantly not what I expected. It’s much smaller then what I have been told,” I said as I entered the town. I looked around wondering where I had to go to join up with the rescue team.

“What!? Are you serious!? That is a ‘B’ ranked mission! You’re still a freaking ‘D’ rank! You aren’t permitted to go on that mission!” yelled a feminine voice.

“Aw c’mon Meg! Why can’t I?” replied a male voice. It sounded much younger then the female one did.

“I just told you, you’re still a ‘D’ rank! Better let someone more experienced go,” said the female voice. I headed towards where I heard them to see a Vaporeon talking to a Skitty.

“Um, excuse me but –“ I was interrupted by an Arcanine that just appeared out of nowhere!

“Megumi, we have a problem on the training grounds!” he said in distress.

“What’s the problem?” Megumi replied as she looked over to the Arcanine.

“During a battle session two attacks collided with one another and created an explosion! The rock wall collapsed onto the battlers!” the Arcanine said again.

“What!? Why aren’t you helping them!?” Megumi yelled.

“We don’t have enough strength! We need you there and now! I don’t know how much longer those two can survive with that rock wall on them!” the Arcanine replied. He then turned around and ran back to where he came from. Megumi then noticed me just standing there staring at the Arcanine as he ran off.

“Who are you?” she asked in an intimidating voice. My ears perked up and I quickly turned around.

“I am RM and I want to join the rescue team! Do you know where they are?” I asked with a slightly scared voice.

“You’re looking at the training instructor of the force kid. Well I’m glad you want to join but right now isn’t the best time,” she replied.

“The accident?” I asked her as I lowered my ears. She nodded and then leapt forward.

“Come with me. You’ll have to wait until this is finished!” she said. She then began to run off to where the Arcanine headed. I followed right behind her but, the Skitty didn’t make any movements from where he was. We reached the training grounds to see what had happened. Two Pokemon, a Pichu and a Treeko were trapped under the rock! There was a Pidgeot, and Salamence trying to lift the giant rock. The Arcanine ran over and began to help them out as did Megumi. I just watched them wondering what I could do. They worked together until finally the rock began to lift! The Treeko pulled itself out from underneath it but the Pichu couldn’t move at all! It was unconscious!

“Pidge go grab it!” yelled out the Arcanine as he struggled to help keep the rock up.

“You insane LA!? I can’t let this thing go! Damnit it’ll drop and kill Amp if I let go!” Pidge yelled out.

“Well do something to get Amp out of there!” LA yelled. I could see that the four lifting the rock were in no position to get the Pichu out and no one else was around to help. I took in a deep breath and ran up to the rock.

“Keep holding it up I’m going to get Amp out of there!” I yelled out. The four Pokemon held it up as best they could as I crawled under the rock and grabbed the Pichu. I then pulled back and crawled out from under the rock.

“Okay let it go but gently!” the Salamence roared. Pidge, LA, Megumi and the Salamence whose name I am not sure of yet began to gently lower the rock until it was completely on the ground. They were all sweating and out of breath.

“Thanks kid. You know you are pretty brave for a Meote. How’s about you join up with the rescue force?” Megumi asked me as she walked up to me.

“Really!? I can join up!?” I asked her. I was surprised because usually the Rescue Force needed to see a show of strength and great bravery before they even gave a thought of letting anyone join up.

“Yeah, you showed an act of bravery out there. I don’t think a lot of young Pokemon would even attempt that,” said LA. I was so excited.

“What’s your name anyways?” asked Pidge as he walked over to me.

“My name is RM.”
My fanfic -> The Plight of Mercury: Empathy of a Dark Life

Luigiowth made by me. ENJOY HIM!
Age 32
Female
Everywhere I'm not - deep, huh?
Seen May 24th, 2011
Posted March 2nd, 2011
165 posts
18 Years
Chapter 1 ~On the Force~

“RM huh. Well RM welcome to the Force!” Pidge said as he smiled at me.

“Oh thank you thank you! I won’t let you guys down I promise!” I said gratefully. The Pichu that was still in my arms began to wake up.

“Huh? What happened?” he quietly asked. His blurry vision was soon clearing up. Once it was fully clear he saw a small cat that had only two whiskers and a bell attached to its neck holding him. “Who are you?” he weakly asked me.

“I am RM,” I started. I was then interrupted by the Salamence.

“She saved your life Amp. While we were holding that giant rock up she went underneath it and pulled you out. You were lucky that she was there,” he said.

“Yeah, thanks,” Amp said as I let him go and he got onto his feet. He looked around for the Treeko he was battling earlier so he could see if he was alright.

“I got it!” Megumi quickly said.

“Got what?” asked LA as he looked down to her.

“Amp isn’t on any of our teams yet so he can’t go on real missions. How about we assign him and RM together into a new team?” she asked. LA thought for a second and then agreed.

“That’s a great idea Megumi. Amp, you and RM will be our newest team. You will start off with ‘E’ ranked missions. As you complete each mission you will gain knowledge and strength. Once you get to a certain level and if you have shown yourselves to be good enough you will move up a rank and get tougher missions. Got that?” LA said as he looked at us. Amp and I nodded and then looked at one another. We were so excited because now, we could go on missions and help out other Pokemon!

“Finally I am put onto a team! Now I don’t have to imagine myself on a mission! I can actually go on one!” Amp said excitedly as he began to jump around.

“Calm down Amp calm down,” said the Salamence as he began to laugh.

“I hate to have to ask this but, who are you?” I asked the Salamence.

“Oh sorry I guess I forgot to introduce myself again. Heh, my name is Ryu. I am in charge of making sure all the teams have completed their missions and returned safely,” he said.

“It’s nice to meet you Ryu. So, when do we get to go on a mission?” I asked.

“Hold up there RM. You don’t think you can just go on a mission do you? You have to go through at least one week of training before we can give you a mission. It’s to prepare you for what you may encounter while actually on a mission,” Megumi said. I felt kind of embarrassed now.

“Another week of training? I’ve been training now for about three weeks! I’m ready for a mission!” Amp expressed as he made two fists with his front paws.

“We know Amp but RM hasn’t had any training yet. What if something bad happened like you got stuck in an Ariados web? She wouldn’t know what to do and she would most likely panic. No offense RM,” LA said.

“None taken,” I replied as I rubbed the back of my head. Amp only sighed and then crossed his arms.

“Alright, alright. One more week. I guess I can wait that long,” he said in a somewhat annoyed voice.

“Good. Now RM, I will help you train in the art of stealth. Afterwards you will be taught by a Pikachu named Neo in the art of combat. Think you can handle it?” Megumi asked me as she got onto her feet.

“Yeah!” I confidently replied. Megumi then began to look around for something.

“Huh, that’s odd,” she said.

“What’s odd Megumi?” Pidge asked.

“I thought that Henry was right behind me when I ran here,” she replied as she continued to look around.

“What were you doing with Henry?” Ryu asked.

“I was telling him that since he was still a ‘D’ rank he couldn’t go on the ‘B’ rank mission. He was trying everything to get me to let him go but I told him that he wasn’t strong enough,” she said. Ryu began to feel a bit uneasy. He flapped his wings and took off into the sky to see if he could see Henry anywhere in the town.

“Where did you see him last Megumi!?” he yelled down.

“I saw him last by the eastern entrance!” she yelled back up. Ryu nodded and looked over to the eastern entrance. Henry wasn’t there! “Do you see him Ryu!?” Megumi yelled back up.

“No I don’t! I think he may have run off on his own to do that mission!” Ryu yelled back down. This wasn’t good.

“Ryu, go tell Harry about this! We’ll form a search party to go find him!” LA yelled to him. Ryu nodded and flew towards a large building. “Megumi, what was the mission?” LA asked as he looked over to Megumi.

“A Jigglypuff got lost in the Western sand dunes. It was ranked as a ‘B’ mission because the Jigglypuff was in Steelix territory! Henry felt he was strong enough to save the Jigglypuff but I tried to tell him that he wasn’t!” she replied in a worried voice.

“Henry always was a problem. He kept thinking that his team was holding him back so he would try and go on missions by himself all the time. He would also wander away from his team to try and do the mission on his own. I guess this is his way of trying to prove that he deserves a higher rank then ‘D’. But if you ask me this just lowers him back to ‘E’,” Pidge said. Megumi and LA agreed with him.

“So what are you guys going to do?” I asked them.

“We are going to form a search party of ‘A’ ranked Pokemon and send them to retrieve Henry and the Jigglypuff,” LA said as he looked at me and Amp.

“Is there anything we can do to help you guys?” Amp asked.

“All you two have to do is worry about your training for the next week. Leave Henry to us okay?” Megumi asked us. We both nodded and watched as LA, Pidge and Ryu left the training grounds.
My fanfic -> The Plight of Mercury: Empathy of a Dark Life

Luigiowth made by me. ENJOY HIM!
Age 32
Female
Everywhere I'm not - deep, huh?
Seen May 24th, 2011
Posted March 2nd, 2011
165 posts
18 Years
Chapter 2 ~The Training Begins: Stealth~


“Alright now follow me to where we will begin your training. Since the training grounds are not in the best shape we will go out to Oakwood Forest. It’s called that because there are many Oak trees there. It’s a useful area for when practicing stealth,” Megumi said as she began to lead Amp and me out of the training grounds.

“How long will it take me to get stealth down?” I asked.

“If you work hard and practice in and out of sessions then it shouldn’t take you more then a few days,” Megumi replied. We walked out of the eastern gate and headed for the nearby forest. As we walked on I examined the surrounding area. Never have I seen a more beautiful site. The lush green grass was covered in beautiful flowers. The smell of all the flowers covered the air giving it a scent that reminded me of honey. It was so beautiful and even the sky was clear. I then caught onto a scent that smelled like salt water. It was very faint but I could tell what it was.

“Megumi, are we near an ocean?” I asked her as I continued to sniff the air.

“We are not too far away from the Lapis Ocean,” she replied. I then could remember some female Delcatty talking to one another about the Lapis Ocean. They said that it was the most beautiful of all the waters in the region. I have never seen the Lapis Ocean before and after what I had heard from those three Delcatty, I have wanted to see it for a while. I have wanted to see its deep blue color as it sparkles in the light of the moon. I know I could have gone there on my own but it’s said that at random times a gang of water pokemon will surface onto the beach. It’s said that they aren’t nice and hate trespassers.

“Well we’re here. Now, Oakwood Forest is inhabited by Bug and Poison type Pokemon. They usually don’t mind us being in their forest but, they will attack you if you look like you are threatening them. So think before you act got it?” Megumi said as she turned around and faced both Amp and me.

“Right,” I said as I nodded.

“Got it Megumi,” Amp said.

“Alright then. We are heading for a small clearing near the center of the forest. That is where we start our training,” Megumi said as she turned back around and began to head into the forest.

“Hey Amp, I have a question,” I said as Amp and I followed behind Megumi.

“Yeah?” he replied as he looked at me.

“Remember when we saw LA back at the training grounds?” I asked. Amp nodded and said that he did. “Does LA stand for anything?” I asked.

“LA stands for Loyal Arcanine. His real name is Mike but everyone calls him LA. The reason we call him that is because he is one of the loyalist of the workers on the force. He is always there when he is needed and he will always help out as best he can,” Amp said.

“Really? Wow I didn’t know that,” I said.

“Now, I have a question for you RM,” Amp said as he lifted his arms and put his paws behind his head.

“Ask away,” I replied.

“Does RM stand for anything?” he asked. I began to chuckle a bit.

“Figured that was your question. Well, RM stands for RocketMeote. Where I live it’s kind of a rule that your name must be followed with what Pokemon you are. So say you were a Delcatty and your name was Kevin. You would be KevinDelcatty or KD for shot. If you were a Meowth named Penny you would be PennyMeowth or PM for short. And if PennyMeowth were to evolve then she would become PennyPersian or PP for short. I don’t know why that law exists but it does,” I replied.

“So if you ever evolve into a Meowth you would become RocketMeowth?” Amp asked me.

“Yeah I would. Like I said, I don’t know why that law exists where I live but it does,” I said as I looked at Amp. We continued to talk with one another for a little bit until we were interrupted by Megumi.

“Alright you two we are here. This is the clearing that I spoke of. Here is where the training begins,” she said. Amp and I sat down in front of her as she began to explain what we were going to be doing. “Alright now, first things first. I want you two to make a mark on one of these trees,” she said.

“How come?” I asked her a bit confused.

“I want you to do that because we are going to be moving all around this forest. It’s pretty big and if you don’t have a place marked you can easily get lost. As you and Amp move around the forest you will be marking trees so you can find your way back,” she finished. I nodded as did Amp. We both walked to a tree that was behind us. The trunk was thick and there was moss growing down by the roots. I released my claws and made a scratch mark on the tree while Amp used a small volt of electricity to make his mark.

“Alright now what Megumi?” Amp asked as we looked back to her.

“Now I explain to you a little game that we are going to play. It’s called Hide and Seek,” she said.

“Oh I know this game! I used to play it all the time with my friends back in Nya Town!” I stated. I always loved Hide and Seek and was one of the best seekers in all of Nya Town.

“It’s not that kind of Hide and Seek RM. This Hide and Seek is a bit different. What we are going to do is split up and go in three different directions. Once I think we are far enough I will shoot a Hydro Pump up into the sky. You’ll hear it and know to begin. You will use your stealth as best you can to try and locate both of your opponents. Make sure that you mark trees as you move on so you know where you came from and how to get back. There is no base and once you spot one of your opponents you will send out a small attack that won’t hurt them but startle them. They must then head back to the center and wait until the game is over. Got it?” Megumi said as he looked at us.

“Got it Megumi,” Amp and I said.

“Alright then, now spread out. Try to get as far away from here as you can without leaving the forest. If you do that’s an automatic disqualification,” Megumi said.

“How would you know if we left the forest?” Amp asked.

“Some of the Pokemon that live here are excellent in stealth and will be watching you. If you leave the forest they will find me and tell me,” Megumi replied as she started to turn around and head southeast.

“Oh…..okay,” Amp replied feeling a bit like an idiot. He then ran off heading west while I went north.

I hope that I’m not found right away. That would be kind of embarrassing. I thought to myself as I walked over some twigs. I marked every tree on my right so I could find my way back to the clearing if I was found. I also examined my surroundings to get a good idea of where I was. The ground was hard, covered with fallen leaves and broken sticks as well as with some rocks. I continued walking for a few minutes, marking every tree on my right until I heard a sound. I stopped and listened to it. It sounded like water being shot into the air.

“It’s begun,” I said to myself as the sound quickly went away. I took a deep breath and then slowly let it out. “Watch out Amp and Megumi. I’m not going to be found that easily!”
My fanfic -> The Plight of Mercury: Empathy of a Dark Life

Luigiowth made by me. ENJOY HIM!
Age 36
Seen 14 Hours Ago
Posted 2 Days Ago
Hey, RocketMeowth! Good to see that you brought this fic from its home on PE2K to PC!

So far, I'm enjoying this. I like guessing which PE2K member will be what Pokemon. (Neo as a Pikachu? Shocking. =o ) So now that you know that I am also a member of PE2K, let's get down to the review.

The story itself is doing pretty well. On the other hand, your description needs to be stepped up a notch. And you heard it all before on PE2K, so...yeah. Moving on. ^^;

Just so that you know...you have a few typos in your information about the orbs.
In Possetion of Good
"Possession"

those brought back to life stay alove for only 24 hours unless brought back by a group of 5-10, then they are brought back to live for another lifetime at the sacrifice of the groups entire life spans
"alive"

then exposure to this for more then twebty minutes results in death
"twenty"

highly uncontolable
"uncontrollable"

Increases holders rage and strength to the maximum of a full grown dragon
Just need an apostraphe to make it "holder's"

-

One last little touch upon grammar. When you have someone directly talking to someone else, and they use the person's name, place a comma either before or after. I'll show you.

“Alright, you two, we are here.
Just like that.

I don't know if you fixed this in later chapters. I did see an improvement between the first and the second chapters, so you're improving.

Nothing much else to say without risking repetition of what others have said elsewhere. ^^

Avatar credit: Fairy
Age 32
Female
Everywhere I'm not - deep, huh?
Seen May 24th, 2011
Posted March 2nd, 2011
165 posts
18 Years
lol
Thank you Hanako for the reply. And thanks for mentioning the spelling errors in the listing of the orbs. I would have never caught them sadly. XD And yeah, thanks for not repeating what many have told me about spelling and grammar. It does improve a heck of a lot once we get to chapter 4.

=^^= I never ignore help from others when it comes to improving.

Chapter 3 ~Hide and Seek Vaporeon Style!~


I released my claws and marked a nearby tree. The bark felt rough when it touched my fur. I shuttered a bit because I wasn’t too fond of that feeling. I then looked around after marking the tree to see where I should go.

“Well, here we go,” I quietly said to myself as I took in a deep breath and slowly let it out. I felt a bit nervous since this was my first time but, I knew that I would do my best. Meanwhile, Amp was already scowering the forest for me. He knew not to go after Megumi since she was the master at this. He slowly jumped from branch to branch of the oak trees making sure to make as little noise as he possibly could. He shifted his eyes back and forth scanning every inch of his surroundings for either Megumi or me.

***

I bet I’ll find RM easily. This is her first time playing this game Megumi style. Amp thought to himself as he stood on a thick branch. In the southeast part of the forest Megumi was talking with two other Pokemon. One of them had a gold and black shell with four wings that moved so fast they were practically invisible. Its eyes were a red color and it had two arms. It was a Ninjask. He was told to help keep an eye on Amp. The other one was a Spinarak but, something was different about this one. Its body wasn’t a green but instead, it was a deep blue color. Its legs had a pink shade to them instead of the normal yellow color and on its back was a black marking that had the appearance of a face. But every Spinarak had that on them. It was there to confuse their enemies so the Spinarak could easily get away.

***

“Alright so you two have your orders. Xavier, go and keep an eye on RM and Ninjj, go keep an eye on Amp,” Megumi said to them a serious tone. The two nodded and then turned around and headed off. Once they were both out of sight Megumi headed off. She marked the trees as she went so she could find her way back to where she started from.

“Alright RM, let’s see how good you are at this. Also Amp lets see how your previous training helps you out,” she said to herself as a grin appeared on her face.

***

“I wonder how long I will be able to last in this. Amp has had some earlier training and Megumi is a master of stealth. I just hope that I am not found that easily,” I said to myself as I slowly walked making sure to make as little noise as possible. It was a lot harder then I had expected it to be. Especially when you feel nervousness and pressure all at once.

“What was that?” I said to myself as my ears perked up. I had heard a twig snap in the distance. I stood completely still as if I were frozen in time. My eyes were slowly moving left and right and I kept completely silent. I looked at everything around me to make sure nothing seemed out of place. The deep green bushes that covered the floor of the forest looked normal as did the thick deep brown trunks of the trees. I took in a deep breath and slowly let it out.

“It was probably one of the locals that live here. No need to panic,” I said to myself as I left my frozen state. I then headed off again looking for either Amp or Megumi. But as I walked I kept getting the oddest feeling that something or someone was watching me. It was making this even harder because what if that something or someone was Amp or Megumi!? I didn’t want to be found this early! No way! The feeling began to freak me out now. It wouldn’t go away and it just kept getting stronger and stronger, pulling at my nerves. I then made the worst mistake that I could have ever made.

“Alright whose there!? Show yourself now!” I yelled out as I turned around. “I know that someone is there now come out so I can see you!” I yelled again. I felt nervous as I yelled because I still didn’t know what this thing was. I then saw a Pokemon emerge from atop a tree branch. It slowly inched out from the protection of the leaves and looked at me. It was a green color with a yellowish green underside. On its forehead was a pink crest that petruded at the top to the left and right making a ‘v’ like shape. It had large black eyes with a yellow circle around them both. The eyes looked to be filled with fear.

“Great RM. You have resorted to scaring infant Caterpie,” I said to myself as I lowered my ears and sat down. I felt so ashamed of myself. I looked back up to see the small Caterpie crawling down the trunk of the tree. Once on the dirt covered ground in crawled into some nearby bushes and disappeared from site.

“That was too close,” Xavier said to himself as he was pressing his body against the tree. A sweat drop slide down his head and fell onto the branch and he stood frozen. He slowly peered around the corner and watched as I got back onto my feet and continued on. He let out a sigh of relief and once again continued to follow me.

I need to be more careful next time. She almost saw me. Xavier thought to himself as he jumped from tree to tree like a ninja. Meanwhile back where Megumi was, she had heard me scream and was shaking her head.

***

“Poor choice RM. Yelling easily gave away your position. Even though it echoed a bit I can still tell where you are,” she said to herself. She was a bit disappointed in me. She then began to run off to where I was.

“RM you gave away your location! And now I’m coming to get you!” Amp happily said to himself as he grinned. He then began jumping from branch to branch in the direction that he heard my yell come from. I was in trouble now. I knew that I needed to try and find a new place to hide so Amp and Megumi couldn’t find me but, I didn’t know where to go.

*Note: Sorry for this chapters shortness. They will be longer in the future.*
My fanfic -> The Plight of Mercury: Empathy of a Dark Life

Luigiowth made by me. ENJOY HIM!
Age 32
Female
Everywhere I'm not - deep, huh?
Seen May 24th, 2011
Posted March 2nd, 2011
165 posts
18 Years
Chapter 4 ~Sandstorm Desert: Western Sand Dunes of Steel~ (part 1)

Meanwhile as I was in the middle, or what I figured to be the end of the Hide and Seek game, a team of ‘A’ ranked Pokemon had stepped into Sandstorm Desert. Sandstorm Desert was a large desert that always had a Sandstorm blowing the sand around. Due to the constantly blowing sand, it was hard to really see. The team sent was team Tsuyoi Motsu. The leader of this team was a Lunatone named Lorone. He was a moon shaped Pokemon that floated instead of walk. He also had large black circles around both his red eyes. Since he didn’t have a mouth he used his Psychic powers to speak to those around him. The members on his team consisted of a purple and black colored pig. It had a small black sphere on its stomach as well as two on its head. Its tail was also long and coiled up like a spring. This Pokemon’s name was Pepper and she was a Grumpig. She specialized in levitating heavy objects that may be blocking her teams’ path. Another member was a Magcargo named Gorm. He had a body made of magma with a large blue shell on his back. Fire could be seen shooting out of one of the shells sides. He specialized in melting anything that Pepper couldn’t lift with her Psychic powers. There was also a tan colored Pokemon that had a red jewel on her forehead and whose tail curled at the end. Her name was Jewelz and she actually was the weakest one on the team. But what she lacked in brawns she made up for in brains. She was incredibly intelligent and could easily figure out what to do if her team was ever in a jam. Last but not least was the trickster of the team. This Pokemon was a deep purple color and had what looked to be diamonds for eyes. He also had a red jewel on his stomach as well as red and blue jewels on his back. His name was Phaze and he was a Sableye. He would trick the team’s opponents by phasing in and out and popping up all around them. He was more of a distraction actually. This team was one of the top ranking teams because they all worked exceptionally well together which made them difficult to beat.

“Lorone,” began Pepper as she held her front two arms together, “This desert is huge. How are we going to find Henry and that Jigglypuff? Plus, we have this sandstorm going on which is making it hard to see,” she said as she closed her eyes to try and keep the sand out. Sometimes she would get nervous before a mission would start and begin to doubt her abilities.

“The sandstorm won’t be a problem. I’ll create a psychic barrier around all of us so we are protected from it and, so we can see where we are going. And yes, this desert is huge but we know where we are going. We are headed for the western sand dunes to find that Jigglypuff. And if I’m right, then we will also find Henry. Before we left Mike told me that Henry was arguing earlier today with Megumi about going on a ‘B’ ranked mission. He was pretty sure that Henry took off to come here and get that Jigglypuff,” Lorone replied as he looked at Pepper. His voice sounded calm and determined; like he knew that they would have no problems accomplishing this mission.

“I hope we find Henry soon. I want to teach him a lesson about running off like this,” Gorm angrily said. He hated it when members of the Rescue Force would just take off like this. “They all think that by doing this it would prove that they were stronger but, it doesn’t! It only proves that they are stubborn and stupid,” he said again. His body started to boil more then it usually did.

“Gorm calm down! You’re going to hurt yourself again if you keep this up!” Jewelz quickly said in a worried tone. She was always looking out for Gorm because he suffered from an incredibly rare disability. Only one of every thousand Slugma is born with it and he just happened to be one of them. The disability was called “Rapid Temperature Enhancement” or R.T.E for short. What would happen is if Gorm ever got too angry then his body would boil more then it should. His temperature would rapidly increase and eventually he would pass out from it. Some Slugma and Magcargo that had it died from it due to their anger being too high. Jewelz didn’t want Gorm to suffer the same fate so she would do everything in her power to calm him down whenever he got too angry. He had already collapsed from it for three days because he was overly furious at his brother for disobeying his orders and going into an area that he wasn’t supposed to.

“Sorry Jewelz I can’t help it! Pokemon like that just make me sick!” Gorm replied. He sounded calmer now but still a bit angry.

“I know they do but getting angry like that won’t help. Just try and stay calm okay?” Jewelz replied a bit relieved that Gorm wasn’t as angry anymore.

“Alright,” he said as he fully calmed down. As he and Jewelz were talking, Lorone created a psychic barrier around all the team members.

“Alright you guys lets get moving. I want to try and find these two Pokemon quickly and then get out of here. As you already know, some of the Pokemon that live here aren’t very welcoming to intruders. They’ll attack at any time even if there isn’t a reason to,” Lorone said as he looked to his team mates. They all nodded and began to move on. Sometimes being on an ‘A’ ranked team wasn’t as glorious as other rescue force members thought. You are expected to go on every mission given to you unless there was a very good reason you couldn’t and, you were expected to accomplish it perfectly.

“I hope that Jigglypuff is alright,” Pepper said in a somewhat worried voice. They continued for about an hour until they reached the western sand dunes. They looked around that sandy area for the Jigglypuff as well as Henry but, couldn’t find them. The sandstorm had died down a lot over the past hour so the psychic barrier was no longer needed. Lorone took away the barrier and told his team to spread out. They were to search high and low until they found the two Pokemon. They spread out in a circle and headed different directions.

“Alright now where are you,” Phaze said to himself as he walked around in the sand. “Man it’s hot,” he said again as he wiped his forehead with his arm to get off some of the sweat. The sand wasn’t helping with the heat either since it too was burning hot. But Phaze knew that he couldn’t complain about the heat. Another downfall of being on an ‘A’ ranked team is that you are not permitted to complain about minor things like heat unless you were about to collapse from it.

Henry, you’d best hope that Gorm doesn’t find you. If he does then there is nothing holding him back from pounding the living daylights out of you Jewelz thought to herself.

“Huh?” she said to herself in confusement as she began to feel vibrations in the ground. They slowly began to get stronger and more violent. The sand was now beginning to shift and Jewelz was having trouble keeping her balance.

“What’s going on!?” yelled Pepper as she fell onto her back from the violent shaking. The spread out team watched as the sand between them started to rise up higher and higher until a head shot out from it. Soon an entire body emerged from underneath the sand. It was large and shined like metal. Its head was thick and it had what looked to be giant rods petruding out of parts of its body. Its eye was small but looked to be filled with rage and its tail was grasping two small figures tightly. Lorone took a closer look at what the massive steel snake Pokemon had in its grasp only to see that it was the Jigglypuff and Henry!

“Steelix, let those two go now! They have most likely done nothing to harm or even threaten you! If you release them we will take them and leave!” Lorone yelled up as he looked at the massive head. The Steelix responded not with words, but with an intimidating roar that echoed throughout the desert. It wasn’t in any mood to release the two Pokemon. It stared down at Lorone for a few seconds until it lashed its head at him. The battle for Henry and the Jigglypuff was on.
My fanfic -> The Plight of Mercury: Empathy of a Dark Life

Luigiowth made by me. ENJOY HIM!
Age 32
Female
Everywhere I'm not - deep, huh?
Seen May 24th, 2011
Posted March 2nd, 2011
165 posts
18 Years
Chapter 5 ~Sandstorm Desert: Western Sand Dunes of Steel~ (part 2)


“Lorone move!” screamed Pepper as she watched the Steelix attack. She was worried for Lorone because even though he was the team’s leader, he wasn’t very fast. Lorone heard her and moved back as fast as he could. He barley dodged the assault the Steelix had unleashed. Its head slammed into the sand making it burst out into the air. Though Lorone dodged the attack, some of the sand got into his red eye, blinding him a little bit on his right side.

“Lorone!” yelled out Jewelz as she began to slide down the sand dune she was on. She then tried to get around the Steelix so she could help out Lorone but, her efforts were in vein. The Steelix noticed her as it lifted its massive head from the sand. It then swung its tail which still had a tight grasp on Henry and the Jigglypuff. Before Jewelz even had a chance to try and get out of the way, the tail slammed into her side, knocking her into the sand. She screeched out in tremendous pain as the steel hard tail smashed into her. The hit felt like a heard of Rhydon crushing you as they stampeded over your body.

“Oh no! Jewelz!” Phaze yelled out as he watched his comrade get struck. He hated to see his fellow team mates in pain because, it also brought him pain. He hated it when his team mates were in trouble and he couldn’t help protect them. He then phased out and re-appeared on the Steelix’s head. Phaze looked into the Steelix’s small red eyes and spoke. “Don’t you ever harm my team mates.” The Steelix replied with a growl. It then let out another roar that once again echoed across the desert. After it let out its roar, it began to rapidly shack its head back and forth, trying to get Phaze off.

“Quick Gorm, now! While Steelix is distracted!” Lorone quickly yelled out. Gorm heard him and nodded. He opened his mouth as wide as he possibly could. He then released a blast of energy that had fire circling around it. The attack was extremely bright and traveled at a fast speed. It was the first level of Overheat. This level was when Overheat was at its strongest and when it did the most damage. The Steelix was so busy trying to get Phaze of its head that it didn’t see the attack being fired. The released attack hit the middle of Steelix’s body, dealing major damage. Gorm made sure that the attack wasn’t too close to Henry and the Jigglypuff so they wouldn’t get hit by it. The Steelix stopped shaking its head and roared out in pain as the fire engulfed some of its body. It no longer could keep its grasp on Henry and the Jigglypuff. It uncoiled its tail, dropping the two Pokemon into the hot sand.

“Pepper go and get Henry and that Jigglypuff before the Steelix has a chance to grab them again! Gorm can only keep that attack going for a short amount of time!” Phaze yelled as he kept his grasp on the Steelix’s head. It was quickly becoming harder and harder for him because, not only was the head huge but, he was a bit dizzy from when the Steelix was shaking its head back and forth. Pepper nodded and teleported herself over to the two fainted Pokemon.

“Keep it up Gorm! Keep up the attack so Pepper can get out of there!” Lorone yelled out as he looked at Gorm. His right eye was shut and in pain from the burning hot sand hitting it. He knew that Gorm was quickly running out of strength and that it wouldn’t be long before he had to stop the attack. Both of Gorm’s eyes were shut tightly and he was shaking a little bit. Pepper looked up to see the metal tail was being slammed back down onto the ground. She tightly shut her eyes and focused her energy so she could teleport out of there. At the very last minute she, Henry and the Jigglypuff vanished from the spot they were in. The tail smashed down into the sand as the Steelix continued to roar out in pain from the continuing attack.

I…….I can’t hold it any longer! Gorm thought to himself as he was now struggling to keep the attack going. He closed his mouth and then collapsed onto the sand. His breathing was deep and rapid. Phaze saw that Pepper had the two Pokemon in her arms and that they were next to Lorone and safe. He also saw that Gorm had finally ended his attack.

“What the?” he said to himself as he saw the Steelix plummeting into the sand.

“Brace yourselves!” Lorone screamed out to his team mates as Steelix’s entire body hit the ground. A vibration then quickly surged through the sand causing some of it to shift. Lorone looked at the Steelix to see that it had fainted. He then flew over to Jewelz who was still lying in the sand. Pepper followed him. She looked to be in terrible condition. She was breathing deeply, her fur was covered in sand, and her eyes were both shut. “Jewelz, can you move at all?” Lorone asked her in a quiet voice. She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Lorone.

“I, I don’t know,” she responded. Her voice was weak and was a bit hard to understand.

“Try,” Lorone once again said to her. He was worried that the attack had broken her ribs so he wanted to see if he was right.

“I’ll……….I’ll try,” Jewelz quietly said as she began to move her legs. She tightly closed her eyes as she tried to get onto her feet. She let out a scream as she fell back onto her side.

“I was worried that this might have happened,” Lorone said. He used his psychic powers to slowly lift up Jewelz’s body, making sure to not move any part of it. “Alright team lets head back to base. We need to get Jewelz as well as Henry and the Jigglypuff to the hospital wing as quickly as possible!” he said in a worried tone. Pepper nodded and made sure she had a firm grip on the two pokemon. Phaze helped Gorm get back up as best he could. Sure his hands got burnt but he didn’t care at all. Burnt hands were nothing compared to what Jewelz was suffering. The team then headed back the way they came, leaving the Steelix fainted in the sand.
My fanfic -> The Plight of Mercury: Empathy of a Dark Life

Luigiowth made by me. ENJOY HIM!
Age 32
Female
Everywhere I'm not - deep, huh?
Seen May 24th, 2011
Posted March 2nd, 2011
165 posts
18 Years
Chapter 6 ~Game Over~

As team Tsuyoi Motsu had completed their mission and began heading back to Vista Town, I was still having trouble finding a new place to hide. Pressure kept building and the feeling of either Meg or Amp being behind me was getting stronger. I was losing my concentration and was beginning to panic.

“What’ll I do!? Where do I go?” I kept repeating to myself as I ran through the forest trying to find a place to hide. My heart was now racing as I frantically searched the forest. “I don’t want to be found so early in the game!” I said again as I slid to a stop. I quickly turned around to see if anything or anyone was following me. But there was nothing there but the trees and bushes. “You’re losing it Rocket! Nothing is behind you!” I said to myself in a worried voice. I then looked down to the ground and began to try and calm myself down. I could remember what my mother told me before I left Nya Town to join the rescue force. She told me that whenever I would get too afraid or worried, to just take in a deep breath and then slowly let it out. Sometimes it would help, even if it seemed like it wouldn’t. I did what she told me and took in a deep breath. I then slowly let it out and began to think.

Now, Megumi and Amp most likely know where I am. So that means I should probably try and take advantage of that Maybe I should hide in a tree and wait until one of them shows up. Then when they are least expecting it, I pounce down behind them and get them out. I continued to think of my plan as I sat there. I was now calm enough to get a hold of myself. I still felt nervous and like I was being watched but I tried to ignore it as best I could. If I was to be a member of the rescue force, I couldn’t let these feelings get the best of me. I had to show them that I wasn’t an easy wall to penetrate. I then looked up from the ground and up to a nearby tree. A grin had now made its way onto my face, and confidence had replaced the fear that could be seen in my navy blue eyes. I then got up and climbed the tree up to where the leaves were. I climbed onto a branch that was well protected by the leaves and patiently awaited the arrival of either Megumi or Amp.

“She’s beginning to get over those feelings she’s getting,” Xavier quietly said to himself as he sat on a branch just a few feet away from me. He made sure that I wasn’t able to see him by hiding in the shadows that covered most of the branch he was on.

“RM moves fast for a beginner. She already left the area she was in when she yelled out like that,” Amp said to himself as he stood on the ground. He kicked a twig and began to think about where I might have gone. Meanwhile, Megumi was already hot on my trail. She had caught my scent from where she was and was now following it. She was making as little noise as possible so I wouldn’t know she was near. She continued to move like a ninja in the night until she looked up to a tree.

There you are RM. She thought to herself as she stared up into the tree. She then used a weak water gun attack and hit my backside. The weak attack startled me, causing me to fall out of the tree I was hiding in.

“Game over RM. I found you,” she happily said as she grinned. I lifted myself up from the ground and shook my head to get the dirt off.

“How did you find me? I thought that I had hidden myself perfectly on that branch!” I asked her a bit confused and upset.

“I could see some of your tail moving back and forth from the leaves,” she replied. She was still grinning which, made it look like she was laughing at me without having to physically laugh. I felt so embarrassed after she told me that. The grin on Megumi’s face disappeared as she watched my expression turn into a disappointed one. She walked up to me and sat down in front of me. I looked up to her and listened as she asked why I yelled earlier.

“I yelled because I was getting the feeling that something, or someone was following me. It was beginning to drive me nuts so I turned around and yelled out. Turns out it was just an infant Caterpie,” I said as I lowered my ears and looked back down to the ground.

“Actually, it wasn’t the Caterpie that was following you,” Megumi replied in a calm voice.

“It wasn’t? Then, what was it?” I asked her as my ears perked back up and I once again looked at her. She turned her attention to one of the trees and then spoke.

“Alright Xavier, you can come on out! Let RM see you!” she called out. I turned my attention to where she had hers to see a Spinarak crawl down from one of the trees. It then walked over to us and began to laugh a bit.

“Not bad for your first try kid. Just keep trying to overcome those feelings you get,” he said as he smiled at me. I still felt bad that I yelled out and gave away my position.

“RM, this is Xavier. I had him follow you to make sure that you didn’t leave the forest,” she happily said as she looked at me. “Usually three out of five new recruits get those same feelings you got RM. Some of them had it worse while others were able to get over them quickly. So don’t feel bad that you didn’t pass this time. Now that you know Xavier will be following you I expect you to not surcome to those feelings like you did earlier,” she said again as she continued to smile. She knew that I wasn’t in the greatest of moods so she did her best to lift my spirits.

“What the!? Did you guys finish without me!?” Amp yelled out as he finally found both Megumi and me. He sounded a bit ticked off that we were just sitting there talking while he was still scowering the forest for me. Megumi turned around and looked to Amp who now had his arms folded together.

“Sorry Amp. We didn’t mean to forget about you,” she said in a somewhat embarrassed voice. She wasn’t one to forget about her students so, this was pretty embarrassing for her.

“Meh, it’s okay I guess. So, who found who?” he asked as he went back into his normal voice and unfolded his arms.

“Megumi was the one who found me,” I said as I placed my left paw behind my head and chuckled a little bit. I wasn’t really feeling as embarrassed or upset anymore about the reason I was found. I soon stopped chuckling and placed my paw back onto the ground. “Megumi, now what are we going to do?” I asked her in a serious tone as I looked up to her.

“Well, right now we are going to head back to Vista Town for some well deserved rest. We will pick up training again tomorrow at seven-o-clock sharp,” she said as she got onto her feet. She told Xavier that he could go back to what he was doing before she asked for his help. He nodded and then shot out a string from his mouth which hit a branch of one of the trees. He then shot out the string and vanished into the leaves. Megumi then looked above Amp and told Ninjj that his job was finished. Suddenly, a Ninjask just popped out of some leaves and nodded.

“Holy!” Amp said as he fell onto his back from being startled. “How long was that thing following me!?” Amp yelled out in a startled voice. Megumi began to laugh.

“It’s been following you ever since this little game began. I’m surprised you didn’t notice. You’re getting better at this Amp,” Megumi said as she stopped laughing. We then watched as Ninjj flew off into the distance until he too vanished. “Alright RM and Amp, lets head back to Vista Town,” she said again as she looked to us. We both nodded and headed off with Megumi out of the forest.
My fanfic -> The Plight of Mercury: Empathy of a Dark Life

Luigiowth made by me. ENJOY HIM!
Age 32
Female
Everywhere I'm not - deep, huh?
Seen May 24th, 2011
Posted March 2nd, 2011
165 posts
18 Years
Chapter 7 ~Remembering~

We were finally back in Vista Town. We had not expected to see what we did. Our bodies just stood there frozen, our eyes fixed on what we saw and our jaws hanging open. We were watching as team Tsuyoi Motsu walked in from the eastern entrance. They were all tired and had worried looks on their faces. One of the members was being carried in by the use of the Lunatone’s psychic powers. There was also a Grumpig holding an unconscious Skitty while a Sableye held an unconscious Jigglypuff.

“Oh my god! Lorone what happened to you guys!? You all look horrible!” Megumi suddenly exclaimed, breaking the silence.

“Henry and the Jigglypuff had been captured by one of the Steelix that lived in the western sand dunes. We had to fight it in order to get them free from the grasp it had on them,” Lorone replied with a weak and tired voice.

“Amp quickly, go get Carol and Bliss from the hospital wing! Tell them that Jewelz is badly hurt and needs medical help stat!” Megumi quickly said as she looked over to Amp. She had what looked to be a mixture of worry and fear in her eyes. Amp nodded and then ran off to a nearby building. It was large and had symbol on it. The symbol was round and had two spikes coming out of the left and right of it, two small arrows coming out from the bottom, a shape in the middle that was closed at the top and opened up at the bottom making it look like a ‘V’, and a curving line right in the middle connecting the left and right sides of the circle. The line also made the ’V’ look like an ‘A’ as it crossed over it. I figured that that must have had to have been the rescue force’s headquarters. I looked away from the building and back to the injured team. I looked over to Jewelz and then began to remember something from my past. It was a memory I wasn’t fond of and that always made me feel bad. The memory took place on bridge that was over the Opal River.

I was with my best friend, Naru. Naru was very different from all of the other Meote that lived in Nya Town. He was born will only three legs. Other Meote and Meowth would make fun of him all the time by calling him mean names like, stubby or legless. But the amazing thing was that Naru never let their words get to him. He was always looking to the bright side. I had never seen him frown and I had never seen him complain about anything. I believed he was the nicest resident off Nya Town for such a very long time. But one day while on the bridge, something horrible happened. Just as he and I were looking over it into the water at our reflections, some Pokemon who weren’t residents off Nya Town approached us. They had yellowish colored bodies, tan undersides, brown spikes that petruded from the top of their heads down to their short tails, and small arms that had two very long claws coming out of them. Their eyes were all black except for their pupils, which were a pure white color. They were a group of three Sandslash.

“Oh hello. My name is Naru,” said my friend in the most innocent of voices as he looked up to the group. I too looked up to the group that had approached us.

“And I’m Rocket. What brings you three all the way out here to our humble little town?” I happily asked them. Naru and I waited for hem to respond but for some unknown reason, they never did. It was slowly beginning to creep me out how they just stood there, staring at us with their black eyes. With out even so much as a warning the Sandslash in the middle raised his left arm and swung it down. The movement was so fast that Naru couldn’t get out of the way quick enough. The long white claw struck his face and slashed right through his left eye. He mewed out in pain as the claw sliced over his eye and down his cheek. He fell onto his stomach, screaming in enormous pain. I didn’t know what to do to help him! I just stood there, frozen in complete terror as I watched my best friend get hurt. I slowly moved my eyes over to the Sandslash group to see the Sandslash on the left shoot forward, hitting me hard on the neck. The blow felt like a full powered double-edge attack. I flew off the bridge into the opal blue colored water.

“Rocket!” Naru screeched out in fear as he opened his right eye andd watched as I fell into the water. He then shut his eye and screeched out again as the Sandslash ganged up on him and started to best him. The kicked his side hard and pulled on his whiskers. All Naru was capable off doing was to listen to the Sandslash as they laughed in enjoyment. I surfaced from the water as grabbed onto a nearby rock that sat at the edge of the water. My front legs were shaking and I was coughing uncontrollably. I had no clue what was happening to Naru or what would happen to me. I then heard a cry that sounded like Jordon. Jordon was one of the Persian that helped to look after the newborn Meote and Meowth. He must have heard Naru screech out in pain when that claw sliced through his left eye.

“Leave him alone! If you want to fight someone then fight me!” he furiously yelled. I tried to pull myself out of the water and back up onto the land but, the feeling of my lungs not getting any air in them was stopping me from doing so. I stopped coughing but was now deeply breathing in and out, like I had asthma or something. I was so scared because not only was I having problems breathing but, I couldn’t help out Naru! I then heard another voice that was above me. It was feminine and sounded very worried. I looked up to see that Erika, who was another Persian, was standing on the ledge.

“RM, give me your paw. I’ll pull you up,” she said as she lowered her paw to me. I nodded and slowly raised my shaking paw. I then placed my paw on hers. I could feel as her paw closed around mine. “Good. Now hold on as best you can while I pull you up,” she said again. Her voice sounded clamer then when she first spoke. I nodded and tightened my grasp around her paw. I then used what little energy I had left to move the legs that were free to help as Erika pulled me up. Once I was at the top she grabbed me with her other leg and pulled me onto the grass.

“Naru………what happened…to him?” I asked Erika. My voice was quiet and sounded weak.

“He isn’t in great shape but, thanks to Jordon he will live,” she quietly replied to me. “Now no more talking out of you. You need to conserve your energy as best as you can,” she said again. She then looked up to Jordon to see that he had already defeated two of the three Sandslash. He then created a ball of energy that had water surrounding it. He quickly threw his head down sending the ball of water covered energy into the ground. Suddenly a wave emerged from the thrown energy. It crashed into the nearby Sandslash before it had a chance to evade it. The Sandslash then fell to the ground and nearly fainted. It slowly lifted itself up with its arms and looked at Jordon. He was growling and baring his teeth.

“Get out of here now! And don’t you dare think of coming here again just so you can injure the young ones of this town. Because if you do come here again with that idea, I won’t hold back any bit off my power like I did today. And I also won’t spare your life like I did today,” Jordon furiously exclaimed to the Sandslash. The Sandslash and its comrades all got up and ran off. Jordon quickly changed hi mood from anger to worry as he ran over to Naru. Erika placed me n her back and headed over to Jordon who was slowly putting Naru onto his back.

“How is he?” Erika said under her breath so I couldn’t hear her. Jordon lowered his ears and sighed.

“He could have been better. But he won’t die if that’s what you’re thinking,” he replied in a worried voice. They both then headed back into Nya town carrying both Naru and me.

“Huh? Where……where am I?” I slowly replied as I opened my eyes. I was in a small room that had one window, a cat door, pale yellow colored walls, and white tiled floors. I noticed that I was laying on a large, soft, deep blue cushion. My ears twitched as I heard the flap of the door being pushed up. Erika walked through the door and sat down in front of me.

“How are you feeling?” she quietly asked.

“Much better thank you. How is Naru?” I asked her. She smiled and chuckled a bit.

“I figured you would ask about him. He is doing great. He is actually outside right now sitting next to the pond outside the front of this facility,’ she happily replied. I was over joyous to hear that he was doing well. I quickly got up from the cousin I was laying on and ran out of my room. I passed by a lot off other rooms that also were holding injured and sick Pokemon. I slid to a halt and quickly turned to the left once I reached the front doors. I raced out off them to see Naru sitting alone.

“Naru! Naru I’m so glad you’re okay!” I exclaimed happily. I slid to a stop and sat down next to him. I saw that his left eye was covered up and that he had bandages around his sides. I awaited a reply from him for a few minutes but got nothing. He just continued staring at the lily pads that sat on top of the water.

“What happened back there?” Naru finally asked me. But something wasn’t rght. His usually cheerful voice turned into an upset one. He sounded nothing like himself.

“What do you mean?” I asked him confused. He then quickly turned his head and looked directly into my eyes. I looked into his and felt cold rush down my spine. He no longer had that happy, cheerful expression on his face. He had a dark, mean and upset look this time.

“What do I mean!?” he angrily exclaimed to me. “What I mean is why didn’t you help me back there! Why did you just stand there and watch that Sandslash slice my eye! Why didn’t you help me!?” he exclaimed again in an even angrier voice.

“I was scared! What did you want me to do!? I had never experienced something like that before!” I cried back to him.

“I wanted you to help me! I thought we were best friends Rocket! But I guess that we aren’t!” he screamed back at me. He then got up and walked away leaving me alone. Tears were streaming from my eyes as I listened to his words. At that moment, our friendship was over. Naru hasn’t spoken to me since and I honestly doubt he will ever again.


“RM, you coming?” asked a voice. I snapped out of my day dream to see that Megumi was the one who asked me if I was coming. I looked behind her to see a pink Pokemon standing behind a stretcher. The Pokemon had a pouch that carried a small egg in it. It was a Chansey and she looked ready to head back into the building. “Well?” Megumi asked me again. She sounded like she was becoming a bit impatient.

“Oh, yeah, I’m coming,” I quickly replied.

“You okay RM? You sound a bit upset,” Megumi asked me as she and I followed behind the Chansey.

“yeah, just thinking that’s all,” I quietly replied as we entered into the building.
My fanfic -> The Plight of Mercury: Empathy of a Dark Life

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